Papaluca (9 results)

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157 páginas. 8vo., rústica. Intonso.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Brossura editoriale di 239 pagine. Indice integrale consultabile nelle nostre immagini. Timbri di omaggio dell'editore alle prime e ultime carte, peraltro copia come nuova, ovvero mai letta -- . Book.

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Gouache raffigurante l'imbarcazione da diporto Crusader del New York Yatch Club. Il guazzo è incollato su un cartone di supporto ed è a colori freschi e brillanti, con minimi danni ai bordi, ma senza tracce di umidità o d'acqua, nonostante sia stato a bordo dello yatch per più anni. Da notare che era usanza del tempo fare eseguire dai proprietari di yatch il ritratto della propria imbarcazione e Papaluca era un esperto pittore popolare, molto ricercato per questo tipo di lavoro. Guache firmata. molto buone, con lievi danni ai bordi.

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No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Exquisite original painting with carefully painted fine detail. Hand signature and title. In excellent condition. 34 x 24 cm. Painted between the years 1921 and 1934. Luca Papaluca the elder (1890-1934) was a professional artist based in Naples, Italy. He specialised in the painting of yachts and ships, many of which visited the Bay of Naples. His larger original works often sell at auction for well over $1000, sometimes much more, and his smaller works sell in the $500 to $1000 range. Prints of his works are also found. He is not to be confused with his son who also painted ships and yachts. This particular yacht was renamed the Fantome II by the Guiness family when they purchased it in 1921. It had been refurbished as a luxury yacht by its previous owner, the Duke of Westminster. . It kept this name until the family sold the yacht in 1951. The yacht was originally called the Belem,and has a fascinating history. Amazingly, she is still sailing today, 126 years after she was built! The Belem was built in 1896 in Nantes. For nearly two decades she crossed the Atlantic transporting a diverse cargo but mostly spices, sugar and cocoa beans from her namesake port of Belém do Pará, on the north-east coast of Brazil bound for France. She would sail upriver on the River Seine to supply the cocoa beans for a Paris-based chocolate-maker. Belem would later become under the British flag and she became the property of the Duke of Westminster, who converted her to a luxury pleasure yacht. In 1921 she was sold to the Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness, who renamed her Fantôme II and took part in the Cowes regattas and cruised around the world between 1923 and 1924 with his family. He renamed the Belem Fantôme II (like for his first ship, the Fantôme, Ernest Guinness chose to use the French spelling of phantom to name her. Many English sources made a mistake by calling her the Phantom II). The painter Luca Papaluca sadly died in 1934 at the young age of 44. This dates the present painting between 1921 and 1934. The Belem has its own Wikipedia page and there are various references to the yacht on the internet: